IN THIS ISSUE

~ Center of tbe Storm: As construction eontin~es on t he new student. center, the debate over future use 0f the old eenter contrnues.

See page 8.

~ Good Wood: The ping of t he bat may

be a thing of the ,past as the Great

Lakes Valley Conference

bans al.u­niinum

. bats. For more info,

see page 5.

~ Papal Preparations: How are UMcSt, Louisans getting ,ready for the Pope's v isit to our fair city?

See page 3.

NEWS FROM A LL OvER

·Anu-discrimination · clause causes stir . at U of Florida

(V-WIRE) TAMPA, Fla. - When Pn~ idem Betty C astor asked fOl' a state wliversity policy banning se)..w­orientation discrimi.uacion, he may not have foreseen the Gon troversy it

a uld cau e. H er proposal ;, ailed at !.aSt week's

Board of Regents meeting, when ChancellQr Adam Herben aid it did not have the authority to ban that type of di crimination. Supporters arolmd th state r fu e to leI it die.

S1:udents and hculrv from univ r-itie around the tare ~U tJ k to the

Florida Educa'tio Buildi 19 in Tallahassee oneil)" to prates, the BOIL dt>ci_ ion.

R.J. 1 homp on co-presldent ot USF's GJ - Le. bUll Bise>..-ual Tran gender Coalition, aid he hopes to clunge the regents' minds. His organization plans to Wlfuri :t large croll listing more th ) 3 colleges

and uni\'ersiries JIOlmd the country ."hidl prot ct against thit type of di -crimin.~tion and lay it on th fr nt

Step f the B R', ofE . State law is ,·ery pecific with

r gard to smte agencie and. we cannot provia e rot ("[lOn lhat are l10t

specifi, all, authorized hy the Clte

Legi-Iarure, ~ H erbert sairlla. r reek. Regent pok man Keith

Goldschmidt :lid the B R c u1d not in otute snch a poli y until the Legisbrure adop irs own anti-dis­crimination policy language.

"The Legi larure would hm'e to change the law a create the law that would protect ,'e.l..1L.u l)rit'nt.Hion, and then we would be able to write our pou '~- off of that," Goldschm.idt -aiel

Thompson said mer are seV I I university srsrem~ that h VI': naeted iruilar policies without similar pro­

tections in state star ute , In 1990, Florida I Hernational

Universiev Pre2idem "Mitch" Maidique ~quested ;t policy similar to

Castor's_ Hi request was denied. as were similar requests in 1991 and 199_ by the office of th chancellor.

The chancellor's office said at the heginning of the de(ade that nm only could the SU n t ,wopt policy ban­ning ·eX\'lal-orient.luon discrimina­tion univer m ' ould n ot do so either. The ,US said dr l'e waS" nor u£ficiem l.eg:tl precedent.

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Campus senate votes to include non-regulars BY SUE BRITT

staff associate An amendment to the bylaws of the senate allowing non­

regular faculty to be granted privileges of senate membership was passed at the last senate meeting on Jan. 19.

Move to redefine faculty must pass referendum, Curators

The amendment initially proposed to redefine the word "faculty" in the bylaws to include all full-time, non-regular faculty who have at least 50 percent teaching duties each year. During the meeting a motion was made and passed to include those faculty ,vith 50 percent research responsibilities as well. Other motions to include research professor and specialist to the list of titles in the amendment were also passed by the

members of the Senate. Patricia Resick, professor of psychology, discussed the

issue of including researchers during the meeting. She said in her department there are researchers, who also teach and work with both graduate and undergraduate students and are inter­ested and invested in the workings of the campus.

'There are other full-time faculty that have research posi­tions who are not teaching [50 percent] who are integral to the mission of the university," Resick said. 'There are not very many of them but they want to be pan of the campus."

Joseph Maninich, professor of operations management, expressed concern over the changes to the amendment. He said that adding researchers could risk the possibility that the non-regular faculty may outnumber regular faculty in some depanments or that the addition changes the intent of the

amendment, He also thought the changes were not discussed at enough length.

''My main concern [was] there was really a major change in the thrust of the amendment ~i.thol1t any understanding of how many people are affected by it," Martinich said. "It is my understanding [adding researchers] is something the ad hoc

committee had considered and they decided not to include people who are not in teaching positions."

Maninich was surprised at the quickness of the vote on the change without much discussion. He said he thought people should first consider at length why the ad hoc committee had rejected the idea and what their rationale and thought processes were,

"It was out of character for the senate and I haven't seen that in 19 years," Martinich said, "and when a secret ballot was

requested and was denied, I haven't seen that in 19 years ," Optometry professor Dr. Willian1 Long of the Bylaws and

Rules Committee said the vote before them would not change the bylaws immediately,

see SENATE, page 6

SGA passes new student fee cap

In memory of King . • •

Resolution limits increases on student service, activity fees

BY JOSH. RENAUD

news assistant The Student Government Association took a step toward "fiscal

responsibility," said Benjamin Ash. comptroller for SGA, after the assembly passed his resolution Thursday,

The resolution was '\\Titten in response to the debate over fee increases at the Dec. 3 SGA meeting. Jim Avery, SGA president, and Michael Rankins, SGA vice-president, supported keeping the student activities and student services fees the same this year because there had been a $6.05 a erall increas in student fees last year. Ash had argued in favor of a slight increase so that a larger increase wouldn't be necessary in future years.

More SGA news, see

page

As a result of the passed resolution, the SGA president may not recommend fee increases lower than the rate of inflation. The presi­dent is also restricted from recommending a student activities fee increase that is over fi\·e cents or a student services fee increase that is more than three cents, The SGA assenlbly may override this with a

see SGA, page 6

New dean to head Optometry school BY SUE BRITT

staff associate

A new dean has been hired for the School of Optometry after a two year search. The new dean, Dr. Jack Bennett. took his position Jan. 4.

Dr. Jack Nelson. vice-chancellor of Academic Affairs, said, that Bennett is a highly qualified person for the position. Nelson said that Bennett is very energetic and dynamic.

"He comes to us from Indiana University, where he was the dean of their School of Optometry. Indiana University has an internal rule that adnllnistrators must relinquish their administrative post at the age of 65. They may remain as faculty. So, when [Bennett] turned 65 he. had to step down as dean," Nelson said. "\Y/e don't have such a rule."

Nelson said that Bennett has come from a university with a well­respected and well-known School of Optometry,

Bennett was faculty at Indiana University in his early career hefore moving to Michigan State College of Optometry at Ferris University as their founding dean of optOmetry. Bennett remained there for 13

see DEAN, page 6

---"---t ' s not just about c.elebrating eyer',

t hi rd Monday in January. It·5 time f or us t o liv his dream

ev ry day of the year ...

-Johnny Cochran at Monday's Martin Luther King Jr.

Day celebration

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Johnny Cochran, who gained national fame during the O.J. Simpson trial, makes a point during his keynot e speech Monday. He was on campus to mark the observance of Martin Luther King k Day_

Stephanie Platt/ The Current

Cochran visits campus for King's birthday observance BY JOE HARRIS

sen.ior ed i tor N ationally-known at torney Johnny Cochran

spoke to a late-arriving crowd at the J.c. Penney Auditorium on Monei1Y to celebrate Marrin Luther King Jr.'s contributions to society.

Cochran's speech highlighted the ceremony and was met by thunderous standing ovations from the crowd_ Cochran emphas ized the need to live King's dream every day.

"It s not JUSt about celebrating e ery third Monday in January J> C ochran said in his speech. "It is time for us to live his dream every day of the year, all 365 days. Live in there a$ Dr. King would when he made a com­mitment to change this country for the better. We need to be about that business every day."

Cochran spoke about education's role in the equal­ity process and remembered the contributions of Rosa Parks to the civil riO'hts movement,

Co hran concluded his speech by sayincr, "In the fInal analysis, it' s not always about being p pular. What it's about is about being respected and standing for something."

Aside from Cochran's speech, the celebration offered something for everyone. The UM-St. Louis C hamber Orchestra played before the ceremony and Gwendolyn DeLoach-Packnett, directOr of Mult i­C ultural Relations, opened the ceremony with a few remarks.

"T oei1Y we have assembled in this auditorium to join ,,~th people aroun,d the world to celebrate the honor and legacy of [King]," she said, "Dr, Martin Luther King Jr. successfully sculptured for hin1self and others the tirle 'Drum Major for Justice,'"

Chris White, a UM-St. J .ouis alumnus, followed D eLoach-Packnett's words with a piano solo to the

see KING, page 6

SOl president, students criticized lor absences BY DAVID BAUGHER

senior editor

Jeanne Zarucchi, chair of the campus senate warned stu­dents at Thursday's SGA meeting that they may lose repre­sentation on the senate if student senators and the SGA president do not begin attending its meetings.

"My name is Jeanne Zarucchi and some of you know that because you were elected student senators and I thank all of you who did that," she said. "Unfonunately, I have to adnlit that I don't recognize your faces and th~t's because I haven't seen you at senate meetings."

Zarucchi said that student senator attendance has been low since the new senate took office last year and that some in the senate were suggesting that the student contingent may be reduced.

"I came here to repon to you what is cun-endy being said about student representation in the senate," Zarucchi said.

She also told students during the meeting that SGA

Senate chair says student senators don't attend meetings President Jim Avery had not been attending the senate's regular or executive committee meetings, as well as meetings of the Chancellor's cabinet and the Intercampus Student Council, which is composed of student government leaders on all four UM campuses.

"President Jim Avery has attended one senate meeting this year but he did not give a repon at that meeting," Zarucchi said in a later interview.

Avery said after the meeting that Zarucchi's account was basically accurate, admitting he had not attended the meet­ings regularly,

"I could give reasons for a lot of things, some of the things I can't give reasons for but I'll JUSt say that what she said is true," Avery said. ''I'm not going to try to make an excuse for anything."

Avery said that as a student he was often verT busy and

couldn't always clear time on his schedule on shan notice for chancellor's cabinet meetings "some of which don't take place on a regular or even semi-regular basis."

"Th e~· might take place once every month or once every thr.:e months and I'm not going to schedule my life around when the chancellor decides to call me on a Friday afternoon at four o'clock."

A very said although he had helped revive the Intercampus Student Council in 1997 he has since decided to unaffiliate himself with the organization.

"I t wasn't the organization it staned out as, " Avery said. "It was so mething totally different,"

Avery said that at the senate's regular and executive com­mittee meetings he often felt that there was little reason to

see ZARUCCHI, page 6

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Now I lay me down to sleep, if I die before ...

Did you ever h:lVC that dream where you are looking over the side of ~ high cliff and suddenly, without warning, you fall off? Then you're just barrel ­ing straight down, gaining speed with every second, and right before you hit the ground, you wake Upl

It's a good thing, toO,

because if you didn't regain consciousness before you hie the bottom, you would actually die. It 's true! Your body would have a heart attack or some­thing because of the intense shock it experiences. Your mind would think you were dead, and therefore, you would be dead.

Bummer, huh? When I first heard this little

"fact," I believed it. I thought, (C Wow,

that's so weird, man. I'm, like, sooo glad I

never hit AMY LOMBARDO

the bottOm Fe'aiu' ~~s"'E'cj"itor before, yo u know? " (I was young, and that was the way we talked for some reason .) In fact, I spread the word, telling my friends and loved ones of the dangers of

~ cliff diving in dreamland. Theh one night, I died in one

+ of my dreams. Now granted, it was not in a free-fall excursion (the planet was blown up by aliens, but that's another stOry), but I did, in fact, perish from the face of the Earth. It was actually very surrecll; all the par-ticles of my body just ,un of separated and floated away in different directions.

The next day, I woke up and thanked my lucky stars that I had only been incinerated and not fallen off a cliff. Then I wondered why one particular dying method would differ from another. I got to thin king

~ abo ut the whole theory of physical body failure caused by dream can tent. in general. I wondered how the research was done exactly. How did the doc­tors know what the person was dreaming before he or she died? I doubt the deceased was avail ­able for comment and, as far as

t I know, there's no other way to

determine that particular fac­

tor.

•

I'm not denying that people do pass away in theif sleep. Heck, I'm not even arguing

with the possibility that indi­viduals may have exp ired in this

very fashion. I just want to

know how it became such a

widely accepted idea th at death

in the subconscious equates a

call to the coroner in reality. Maybe I 'm way off base .

Maybe the majority of people

have never even heard of this phenomenon and would never buy into it if they did.

Everyone that I talked to, however, was familiar with the alleged "fact." Some of them

, had, like myself, died in their

dreams before and thought the whole thing was false. Others

) fought me on th e issue, insist­ing that it was true. When I press ed and asked how it could be proven, they usually came back with an intelligent response like, "Well ... urn ... it just can be."

As convincing as th is argu-~ ment is, I stand by my state­

ment that this entire concept is a bunch of bunk invented by some bored, although some­what creative, individual based on very little scientific fact.

It's amazing to me what peo­

;l~ pie will accept as truth without question, mys elf in::luded.

BY A NNE PORTER

sIal assoc ia te

In April of [9 98 , an announcement was made that Pope J oh n Paul II would visit St. Lo ui . Since then , m::ll1}" hours o ' pre paratio n haw been de \' t ed to thi s h is to ric eyent. Ch::lnce llor Bla nc he T ouhil l was selec t d to be o n the com­mitt ee to plan for P pe Jo hn Paul II 's vi s it.

P o pe ] ohn Paul II has made man:' changes in the Rt'man Ca tholic C hurch, wh ich h3.\'e made the church more mo dern and less w orldly . b'en fro m the beginning o f his

term as bishop, Pope J hn Paul II chose no t to have a coronat io n. In additio n, he cho e no t to ha\'e a sedia gestJ,t o ri3., which is the elab rate ceremony \'l:he re the P ope IS

carried in ,1 l'hai r. I nstead , Pope John PJul II in \'e nred the "Popemobile ." His inaugura tio n was quite i mpl ,~ \\' ith o nly [he inve tm ent llf a palli um, which symbolizes his min­is [ry as Bishop ot Rl1mc.

This yi"it to . t. Louis is histo ri c bccau c it i~ the only t ime the Pope has com' to

"1$ ' JU St one city and llo t maJe an ~;:" ac tua l our . Before arri\'ing in St. Lo uis, the Pope will com­mem orate the . \'nod o n A me rica ill VlexicCl. Pope J ohn Paul II will an i), bc in St . Loui fo r 32 hour, but no doubt eyery one of those 32 hours will be m em orable. After Sr. Lou i ' the Po p will return to Ro me.

De n nis and Betty h itwood manao-c the

Newman H ouse .H UM -St. Loui s. T he Chitwood'. arc guidi na J group of abou t 150 S[U -

'aGbe <!Current

dents from UM-St. Louis to see the pope. "Our Po pe is not just a successor of St.

Pete I' .. . he is rec e i,'ed worldwide for bringing God' s truth to all," Betty Chi twood said.

The night before Pope John Paul II's

VIS 1 t,

/ ':.:/'

. .-..... a

vigil will be held at

Col l ege Church . The da of the visit, the group of UM -St. Loui s students will

meet at the chapel in the South Campus Res idence Hall at 7:30 a.m. for a short praye r ser­yice . From there, they will haH brea.kfast at the Newman House, hop on the MetroLink, and arrive downtown at the Arch. They will parade to

the Kiel Center around 9:00.

"The closer it get, the more excited 1 become

BY A NNE PORTER

staff associate

Amy Lombardo, Features Editor Phone 516-5174, Fax 516-6811

. .. To be with our stu­dent s all t ogether

will be just \\'on­derful, n

Chi t wood said. "I t ' s

like b'0in f on a pi l-

g r 1 [11 -

except \\- ith 15~

studenrs. " M ike Costello is

a former UM-St. Louis student who now attends

Forest Park Community College for culinary arts .

"I consider it a once-in-a- life time opponunity .. . I expect to haw a good

time," Costello said. " It ' ll be wo rthwhi le to miss a day of work ."

Jo e Pag:lno is a fre hman ,,·ho is maj ormg 111

nursmg. ''I'm kind of excited ab out see ing' him and

hearing about how the yo uth will effec t the church," Paga no s:lid.

Jenni fer Suedmeycr, a s tu dent at U - t.

Louis, is \'olunteering in order to see Po pe J ohn P au l II. Suedmeye r has to be in dowlH wn St. Louis 3.t 1 :30 a.m. and will direct traffic until 7:3 0 p. m .

Su edmeyer call ed the Pope "ol unteer li ne in order to be able to help in the ceremony . Suedme~'er, born and raised Cath li e, is looki~g forward to seeing the P ope.

" It' s J once-in-a- life time th inO'. I was mo re (han hapPI' (Q do wha t I co uld,n Suedmeyer ·aid.

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If you could be any kind of car, what kind

would it be?

In this time of ideas about equality for aU, for one to see actions take place locally to funher the development of such ideas is quite encouraging. The Institute for Women's and Gender Studies at UM-St. Louis offers classes and certificates that allow studems to learn about gender issues. These classes are not only available for und ergraduate students, but also for graduate students.

Nanora Sweet, program director for the Institute of Women's and Gender Studies, said that a graduate level program in this area is unique. Sweet does note that there are some classes available on the community col­lege level at Meramec and Forest Park.

"My car Alex, because he's cute and a firm believer in civil rights."

-Devon Jones Sophomore/Criminal Justice

"New Volkswagon Jetta: They keep going and going and going ... "

"A Lexus, because I like to ride smooth."

-Brian Kilpatrick Senior /Chemistry

-Kawonza Jones Junior/Criminology

"Acura NSX; so I live out my dreams."

"A Maclaren Fl. The reason­ing is implicit."

-Christopher Altman Senior/ Psychopharmacology

-Scott Foster Junior / Business/ Finance

At UM-St. Louis, a student can take 18 hours of interdisciplinary classes and earn an undergraduate cer­tificate through the Institute of Women's and Gender Studies. The undergraduate certificate is much like a minor. To earn a graduate certificate, a student must take 18 hours, with nine of those above the 400 level. The graduate cenificate allows further education in women's and gender issues.

This semester, there are 19 undergraduate exclusive classes, an independent study, and an internship avail­able. There are three graduate seminars, an internship,

and an independent study. In order to allow access for more students to take

these classes, Sweet said the institute is expanding the

selection of classes and creating new ones. The institute is also including classes that are already taught to count

towards the certificates . The institute, created in the late 1970's, has changed

throughout its 20 year histOry. "Over 20 years ago the program was more radical.

We were trying to something nobody had done before [and] that part has never stOpped for the students. Eve rything is a new issue to contend with," said Sweet.

In 1993, The Women's Studies Program progressed into the Institute for Women's and Gender Studies. This change was precipitated by the graduate certificate first offered in 1991.

This was made possible through the efforts of women like Harriet Woods. Woods, a former Missouri lieutenant governor and state senator, still teaches a political science class for the institute every fall semester at UM-St. Lo'uis. .

In June of 1997, UM-St. Louis hosted the Convention of National Women's Studies Association. Over 1100 people attended this conference.

In addition to directing the institute, Sweet teaches classes in English and women's studies.

''I'm fascinated by the connection between poetry and history," Sweet said. "It allows for a crossover between the private and public."

In the future, the institute could· take twO possible paths or a combination of both. If the Glass selection continues, a master's degree and a bachelor's degree will

be possible selections for students . If that happens, the institute will become a department.

The other possible outcome is the institute will become more research oriented, in which case the insti­tute would provide professors with time and grants for research in wo men's studies. -

The combination would be the graduate students working towards [heir master's and conducting research. Then this would be both a department and an institute for research.

"Qne of the things we would have to do is develop the office more. We need a little bit more meat on the bones in here," Sweet said.

For more info rmation about the Institute for \'Vomen's and Gender Studies, contact Nanora Sweet at (314) 516-6383, or the department assistant at (314) 516-5581.

"There is really a lot of interest Out there, " Sweet said. "You JU St have to open the doors."

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Editorial Board

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...------------------1\ OUR OPINION 11------------------, New caps placed on fee increases The Issue:

A debate over new fig­ures for student activity and student service fees has resulted in a resolution capping fees while insuring that they rise at the rate of infla­tion .

We Suggest:

The resolution is an excellent way to keep fees in check without compromising the quality of student activities on campus.

On Thursday, the Stud ent Government Association passed a resoluti on meant to settle the fee increase debate that has swirled around SGA for over a year. The resolution calls for the SGA presi­dent to call for at least an inflation­ary increase for the student activi­ty and student service fees each year. Furthermore, the resolution limits the SGA president from rec­ommending :m increase c,f over five cents for student activities fe es and three cents for student service fees without 2/3 approval from SGA.

cem raise imposed on studcm fees last year to cover the costs of buildi ng the n ew University Center. Avery did not want to hit students up for a rai se tWO years in a row. However, Ash believed that it would De better to raise it moderately this year instead of having anOther dramatic increase next year. That way, students would no lonl"er be hit with big srudent fee increases every other year.

This rcsolution will benefit UM-St. Louis students in several ways .

funds 'will be available for new worthwhile endeavors. Money would then be decreased from current activities to fund these new aCLivities. Again, the quality of studem activities would be compromised.

Finally, this resolution does have a cap on the amount the SGA president can recommend. Anything over this amount would have to be approved by 2/ 3 of SGA. This ensures that there will be no exponential increases with­out stUdent approval. This way students 3re finally protected from the major increases of the past SIX years.

So what do you think?

Let us hear from you on this or any issue in a letter to the editor.

The reso lution is seen as a way to maintain fiscal responsibility over the exponential increases that have plagued student fees over the past six years . It comes in li eu of th e fee debate in last D ecember's SGA meeting where SGA president Jim Avery favored recommending no increase in stu­dent fees while SGA comptroller Benjamin Ash favored a moderate increase of twO cents for the Stu­dent activity fee and three cent for the srudcm service fe e.

First, it gua rant ees at least an inflationary increase in studem fees every year. This increase is needed to keep the current level of student ac tivities as it is. Witho ut th is guarantee and with­Out increases, student organiza­ti ons may suffer and as a result, the quality of student activities will decline.

Ano ther benefit is that it allow room ro fu nd new activi­tie . There are more and more orgJniza tions available to UM-SL Louis students every y ar. Wi th a stagna nt bud"e t , no additional

This resolution provides a blanket of protection UM-St. Louis students have needed for several years. It ensures that the quality of student activities will remain constant for y-ears to come and it allows room to grow as stu­dent's needs grow without break­ing the bank.

This resolution should not be seen as another fe e increase, it sh ould be applauded and heralded as a type of fee in 'uraJ1ce for UM­St. Loui s students. c urrent@jinx .umsl.edu

Avery favored no t re com­mending a raise based on the 25-

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GUEST COMMENTARY

Does food service pass the test?

I had originally intended to write an article that

would express my concern and dismay over a terrible and traumatic experience that I had suffered here early

last semester, the Fall of '98. I perceived that I was

being over priced and under portioned by the food ser­

vice in the Underground Cafeteria! Yes, it's true! I

stood and watched transfixed with shock and horror as

the person preparing my order meticulously, obses­sively, and compulsively counted out the morsels (not

more than tWO of each item) that I would consume. I

was aghast, the incident leaving me dazed and speech­less . Bewildered, I shuffled off to the register with my

meager meal.

OK, so I exaggerate a litrle, I didn't really shuffle off

to the register. I must stress, however, that after being

a faithful and regular customer at The Underground

for three semesters (two days a week) I did feel a bit

betrayed, that I was no longer

getting my money's worth

there. Lunch is my main meal

for the day and I went off to

pursue other options, taking

my business elsewhere.

Now it's Winter '99, and

my schedule is completely

changed. I don't have time

between classes to go off cam-

JOE FELSEN pus for lunch. I'm far roo lazy, ·····(i~~~·i- commentary '" or perhaps yet tOO crazed with

hunger to pack my lunch, so I

found myself back at The Underground. I ordered, I

braced myself, and you know what) I think that I might have gotten a reasonable portion at the same price that I remembered from a semester ago . The per­son preparing my order did nOt use an 'electron micro­

scope at any tlme. Maybe things have changed for the better at The

Underground. Maybe my server back in '98 was just having a bad food day. Maybe some that will read this

commentary have had experiences similar to mine. I am a firm believer in fair portions at a fair price anyv.rhere

that food is served, and will enthusiastically lend my

support to any activist movement to reform an unfair system. But at this time I am reserving final judgment

on The Underground. Please stand by.

LETTERS TO T HE EDITOR

Arts Center not so good Thomas Wombacher's argument for the building of the Performing Arts

Center brought up a point that should be responded to. Being that Mr.

Wombacher says that the millions that the Center needs to be built can be raised

by "selling candy", I propose that the only ones who would even step inside the

Center (performing arts students) do exactly that : sell candy, or whatever else

they can get their hands on. I bet that if the students who are now paying for

the Center saw their money going to things that they cared about or needed,

like maintaining and improving the Universi ty'S central departments, neither

they nor the faculty would object to this project.

Really, though, Mr. Wombacher doesn't need to write commentaries to get support for the Arts Center. UM-St. Louis is no democracy. Autocracy is more

accurate. Under this regime, Blanche T ouhill is in charge and her agenda is the

one followed. Touhill, in what can only be seen as a quest for self-promotion,

runs UM-St. Louis with little regard for the needs of its constituents. When it

is convenient for her, she plans new buildings, funds new projects and builds

gated communities. She gives little attention ro the faculty, even less to the stu­

dents (you have better odds of winning Powerball than getting a response ro an

e-mail sent to her) and is doing a pretty good job of suburbanizing UM-St.

Louis; that is, of building along the University's borders while destroying its core.

The Performing Arts Center is Touhill's latest scheme for immortality and

there is really no way to stop it. Having listened to detailed examinations of the Center' s costs and benefits, the Center is a travesty ro this campus. Yet, Mr.

Wombacher needn't worry, at least until a couple of years down the road when

the performing arts departments start ro lose funding and faculty despite grow­

ing student numbers, all ro fund some new project. (Anyone for a new vacuum

cleaner research facility?)

If there is one thing that UM-St. Louis is currently excelling in, it' s ea ting the

heart out of its central reasons for existing.

-Jake Parker

Invisible SGA President Where is the SGA President? He failed to attend the University senate meet­

ing Tuesday the 19th. I noticed that, in your article on the SGA in last week's Current there was no

mention of Mr. Avery at alli The article gives the impression that Mr. Rankins

and Mr. Ash are doing all of the work. Was any attempt made ro contact Mr.

Avery? I think that it's scandalous that the student body is raising no protests against

Mr. Avery's lack of appearance at his "job". Perhaps your editorial staff can turn

up the heat! -Gail Ratcliff

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January 25, 1999

Grocery store trauma My local grocery srore was Out of Macaroni and Cheese, so

naturally I got to worrying about the state of modem American life. As a columnist, I am paid to do this. Anyway, when the world's last remaining superpower can't keep 3. box of pasta and powdered cheese in stock, it clearly indicates cause for 'lIarm. I suspect this is how ancient Rome began its collapse.

Actually, I'm being unfair. They did have Macaroni and Cheese. (I mean the grocery Store had it. I don't know about ancient Rome.) There were, in fact, dozens of boxes of it. There was Deluxe Macaroni and Cheese, EasyMac Macaroni and Cheese, Cheesy Alfredo Macaroni and Cheese, White Cheddar Macaroni and Cheese, and Premium Three Cheese Macaroni and Cheese. I found out that Kraft's signature product also comes in many odd, themed shapes, including spirals, "Rugrars," "D,C. Superheroes," "Charlie Brown's Christmas," and "Bugs Bunny and Friends, Special Edition" (in honor of Marvin the Martian's 50th birthday, in case you were wondering).

In fact, it seems the only kind of Macaroni and Cheese they didn't have in srock was ... well ... Macaroni and Cheese, the plain, simple, honest, God-fearing Macaroni and Cheese packed in the old familiar blue box that didn't come with unheard of cheeses and strange shapes and "special editions." It seemed the original that had started it all had been squeezed

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nons. Macaroni and Cheese, however, is not the only product to suf­

fer the consequences of over-hyped overselecrion. Remember Gatorade, the original sports drink that came in easily under­standable flavors , such as red, orange, and yellow, all of which tast­ed pretty much the same. Not anymore. Now Gatorade comes in an assortment of neon colors with super emotive names that sound like rejects from a fai led cologne marketing campaign. I cali now sample such exotic flavors as Riptide Rush, Alpine Snow, Midnight Thunder, and Glacier Freeze. All titles that say a lot and tell you nothing. (\'ifhat the heck does "Midnight Thunder" taste like anyway? Wasn't he on American Gladiators for awhile?)

Worse yet are new Gen X "energy" drinks housed in a scary section of the beverage aisle next to the J olr Cola. These all come in narrow cans with one-word monikers like "Stamina" and "Dynamite." The best looks to be "XTC" which warns that it is "not suitable" for diabetics and persons sensitive to caffeine and advertises itself as "A carbonated slap in the face." I guess they think this is a complement. .

But worse still are the products that try to be everything to everybody. For instance in the freezer section, you can find New York brand, European-style, Texas garlic toast. I bought some and it actually tastes pretty good but I have to wonder what mar­keting genius came up with the idea for garlic toast with a severe identity problem.

Oh, well, I suppose its not important. I'll get used to ''Bugs Bunny" Macaroni and Cheese. Maybe I can wash it down with a little Garorade. ''Whitewater Splash" sounds good. .

When our childhood dreams come true

Let's face it, all of us who have ever dreamt about being a pro­fessional athlete have had the same dream-to go out on top.

Whether. it's winnin~ the World Series with a home run, scoring the ga~e-wmmng goalm the Stanley Cup Finals, or winning a gold medal In the OlympICS all of us have dreamed of finishing our ath­letic careers on top.

Unfortunately jf you have the coordination I have, a career as a professional athlete is nothing but a dream. Nevertheless, I still want to see my athletic heroes live out this dream for me.

Sadly, though, in many cases the opposite becomes true. Many athletes have such a strong competitive drive that it makes it impossible for them to know when to retire. Fernando Valenzuela, Sugar Ray Leonard, and Wayne Gretzky are just a few of the ath­letes who have waited to long to say good-bye.

. It is sad as we see our heroes deteriorate before our very eyes. Before long the glorious memories we have of them are replaced by newer memories of failure and dejection. .

Howev.er, there are some athletes who left their respective SPOrtS while snll on top . Rocky Marciano, Michael Jordan, John Elway, and Mario Lemieux are JUSt a few. They left their respective sports while our best memories of them were still fresh in our minds.

Marciano became the undisputed Heavyweight champion of the world on September 23, 1952 when he knocked out Jersey Joe Walcott in the 13th round of their championship bout.

The victory moved Marciano's record to 43-0. He defended his tirle six times and retired 49-0 with 43 knockouts. Marciano was one of the best heavyweights ever and he left before losing a fight. JOE HARRlS

Jordan is simply the best basketball player Ma-riii'glng Edit~ ever and he topped his career off by hitting the shot that gave the Chicago Bulls their sixth championship in eight years.

Jordan was more than stats, though, we knew him as a person. We mourned with him when his father was killed, we cheered when he came back to basketball after his first retirement, heck, we even knew what kind of underwear he wore.

Elway will probably retire after winning his second super bowl in as many years on January 31. Who can forget the countless last minute game-winning drives he has engineered, or the play-off heroics that have come to symbolize his career?

Lemieux was still one of the top players in the NHL when he retire~. He led the Pittsburgh Penguins to two straight Stanley Cup tIdes. Though he had to battle Hodgkin's disease during his career, he still finished with a higher points per game average than the "Great Gretzky."

These athletes have left us with memories of greatness and of accomplishment. They left still having the aura of invincibility only associated with professional SpOrts. Most of all, they let us live Out our dreams.

Thank you .

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January 25, 1999

Tyson's just a shadow of former self

Mike Tyson may be one of the greatest boxers ever to don the gloves. He is certainly the most dominating athlete of his era. That era ended, though, when he bit Evander Holyfield's ear almost two years ago. Mike Tyson IS

washed up. Tyson proved in his most

recent fight that he no longer has the magic that made him the best in the busin ess . H e still does have more than most box­ers in the business-one of the best knock-out punches in the world.

The big KO punch is what has kept Tyson around. Unlike plodding oafs like George Foreman and Larry Holmes, Tyson will not be able to las t for-eve r . Foreman and Holm es ' boxing plan is to slowly wear down

their oppo- ___ ~~~PLl_I'I_K_I~ n e n t. sports editor

Tyson's plan, on the other h and, is worked entirely around speed

- and knockout power. In his fight against Francois

Botha, he proved that he still has the power. He caught Botha with a punch in the fifth round, ending the fight . Looking at the punch the first time, it didn't look like much. But corning from Tyson, even a jab has the ability to pu t any fighter 01). the canvas.

I'm not saying that in any­way Tyson has los t his ability to

fight, not by a long shot. Though he struggled early against Botha's holding tactics, he figured out how to win. That is what boxing is all about, win­ning at any cost. In future matches he will find that the fighters don't fall as easy. They will punch harder and will be quite a bit smarter than Botha. He could be in trouble at that

pom t .

The comparisons between Tyson and Muhammad Ali are almost uncanny. Both were almost unbeatable before they

left boxing for the first time. Ali left due to his religious

beliefs; Tyson left for his prison time. And both struggled to regain their form after their imposed retiremen ts. Ali

returned a great fighter and entertainer. Tyson return.ed

several weeks ago a beaten and confused man looking for the

. fighter he was in his younger

days.

In interviews Tyson seems friendly, bu t sadly confused. Will he ever go back to being "Kid KO" or will fans in the future look at Tyson as a sad case of wrong decisions and a man who was washed up before

his time? I think more of the latter. When he lost his you th­ful love of the SpOrt, it seemed to eat him alive.

Now instead of wanting to

win fights for pride, for the simple fact that in his eyes no one could be better than him, we have a man that boxes for the money.

The sport and life have beat­en Mike. This is one fight from which he won't get up.

Sure, he may fight again, and he may regain his old titles. But the Tyson of today is half the fighter he used to be. It could be time to say good-bye to one

of the greats. Maybe Mike should hang

them up.

By KEN DUNKIN

sports edit or To use wooden bats or tu usc alu­

minum bats-that was the qu est ion posed to the athletic directors of the Great Lakes Valley Conference last Friday.

The directors of the G L VC schools decided by a 12-0 yote to use woode n bats in con fere nce play beginning this season. The decision was made for safe ty reasons .

"We thou ght it would be 0e,t for everyone in '.·c,lved to make the move to wooden bats," said Jim Brady. head coach for the Riverr;; ~r: baseball team. "'INc were concerned aSout the exit speed [hat the ball come, out at. It had become very lethal ar,Q dangerous. \\'e fel t it was our ob li~,l[ion to make the moye in the direc-

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t ion of safetv." Pat Dolan , UM-St . Louis' athletic

directo r, poimed out in her speech to the Ri vermen baseball team that se\'e ral play­ers had been killed las t se, son due to the speed of basebails that had corne from alu ­

minum bats.

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The integrity of the game was also in question with the GLVC officials.

"LaSt season the score of the College World Series was something like 26-22," Dolan said. "They also set a record for home runs in a tourna­ment with 62. The highest total in previous seasons was in the 40's."

The combination of safety issues and the integrity of the game sealed the fate of the metal bat in the G L vc. For everyone involved, the benefits of using

the wooden bats out­weighed the conve­nience of using alu­mmum.

"\x. e figured, why not us? Why couldn 't we be one of the first ones to make thi s decision," Brady

Coming through!

Stephanie Platt/The Current

Rivermen guard Greg Ross runs over a Southern Indiana defender in their game on Jan. 6. Ross led the Rivermen with 20 points in their win over Wisconsin-Parks ide on Thursday. The win improved the Rivermen's record to 3-9 in the GLVC and 5-1.1. overall.

said. "Division I schools wouldn't make the decision because of their lucrative

deals with the bat companies. We may cause some controyersy,

but it had to be done. There were too many issues that we had to address ." Also decided in the ruling,

schools would have the option of using wood or aluminum when they

play non-conference games. The deci­sion would be left between the head

coaches of the opposing teams. If a team makes the regional tournament, the team involved would follow the binding rules, which currently is to use aluminum.

Aluminum bats like the one used by Riverman Eric Blaha (left) will no longer be allowed in GlVC play. Beginning this year, only wooden bats can be used. The GLVC is one of the first NCAA conferences to make the switch.

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Ken Dunkin, sports editor phone: 871-2192 fax: 516-6811 e-mail: kdunkin@rocketmaii.com

Rivermen end skid BY KEN DUNKIN ___ • •• _ ._. ______ ._ •••• _ •• _~_._·._ .•••• ·_._._ • • ••• _ • ••• _h •• _ . .... . ... _ • • •••• ••.••••• _

staff editor The first battle between UM-St. Louis

and Wisconsin-Parkside was a rout; the sec­ond battle was very close.

The first time around, the Riverrnen beat their fellow conference cellar dweller 70-49. The second battle at Wisconsin-Parkside saw the Riverrnen win 69-66.

The Riverrnen played well for most of the game, getting quality 3-point shots. They shot 53 percent from the 3-point arc. Greg

Ross was on fire as he shot 7-11 overall and hit 4 of his 7 shots from 3-point range. He had a team high 20 points for the game.

Terrell Alexander also had a good game. He shot 7-11 and had 18 pointS for the game. He also led both teams with eight rebounds.

Guard Jason Frillman continued his good scoring stretch as he scored 12 points.

Winning the game put the Rivennen at 5-11 overall and 3-9 in the GLVC. Wisconsin­Parks ide dropped to 0-13 in the GLVC and 1-16 overall.

Riverwomen fall in OT BY DAVE KINWORTHY ._.-._........................ ...................... . ....... " ............................. _. staff asso.ciate

The UM-St. Louis women's basketball team lost to Kentucky-Wesleyan by the score of 100-105, putting their conference record at 6-5 in the GLVC.

Kentucky-Wesleyan outscored UM-St. Louis 40-31 in the first half, but the Riverwomen rallied in the second half to

outscore their conference opponeD[ 58-49 to

send the game into overtime. In the overtime, Kentucky-Wesleyan put

the game away for good as they outscored the Riverwomen 16-11.

The Riverwomen were paced by six play­ers who finished with double digits in scor­

mg. Tawanda Daniel led the charge with 22

pointS, followed by Melanie 'Marcy's 18, Amanda Wentzel added 14 to the losing effort, Sara Mauck finished with 12, Katy Gwaltney scored 11 and Lindsay Brefeld

added 10 points. Marcy ended up with a double-double.-in

this intense and high scoring game with 18 points, and 13 rebounds.

The key point of the game was during the first half. The Riverwomen shot .300 from the floor while Kentucky-Wesleyan shot a tremendous .538.

Overall, the Riverwomen shot .900 from the free throw line, which enabled them to

reach the overtime. The Riverwomen then moved on two

days later to beat Wisconsin-Parkside 83-54. UM-St. Louis shot .522 from the floor in

the game and outscored Wisconsin-Parkside 50-27 in the second half.

Wentzel led the Riverwomen's charge .;.nth 23 points, followed by Krystal Logan who added 14 and Marcy who finished with

10. The Riverwomen move on to play IUPU­

Ft. Wayne at homeJan. 28.

Hockey team offers bus to

Rupp named Cards class A skipper

Friday's game BY DAVE KINWORTHY ---staff associate

The UM-St. Louis m en's hockey team, along wi th Student Activities, will sponsor a shuttle bus on Friday, Jan. 29 to esCOrt fans to and from the U.S. Ice Complex in Chesterfield to

see the Rivermen take on the Tigers of Missouri.

The shuttle bus will require an initial deposit of $5 which will be refunded to

the students as soo n as they board the bus.

Sign-ups for this event will take place in Srudent Activities.

Before the team and bus depart to

take on the Tigers, the ice hockey team will be in the ].c. Penney building, Room 72 from 6 p.m.-9 p.m. to answer any questions anyone may have for them. Refreshmen ts will be provided.

"This is just a way to get anyone who wants' to come along and have some fun ," Team Cap tain Jason Hessel said.

"We are o n the brink of getting a bid to the national tournament, and we would appreciate any fan support that we can get."

BY KEN DUNKIN

staff editor Former Rivermen baseball player

Brian Rupp worked his way up the

Cardinals' minor league system. Last week he gOt word he wouldn't be playing

anymore; he would be managing.

Rupp had been a player for the past five seasons having had .300 season after

JOO season. Last season he was stymied at the Cardinals' AAA farm team.

While he sat on the bench, the

younger players played. This winter, he became a 5-year free agent after having played for one team for five years with­out being added to the major league ros­ter.

He had hoped to hook on with anoth­

er club. However, the Cardinals had

---"---:wish he w'ould have

gotten his shot at the majors! but most

players ca,n play forever and never get the shot

that he is getting.

Jim Brady, Rivermen head coach

---------,,--------other plans for Rupp. They named him manager of their Peoria farm team of the

Midwest League. Rupp will take control of the class A ball team in the coming . weeks.

"Brian got as close as anyone can get

to major league baseball," Rupp's former

coach Jim Brady said. "I feel sort of

mixed about the decision, though. I wish

he would have gotten his shot at the majors, but most players can play forev­

er and never get the shot that he is get­ting."

Rupp is getting the opportunity to run a team at age 27. Most of his players will be younger players recently drafted into the Cardinals ' farm system.

Rupp played for the Rivermen through the 1991-93 seasons.

GlUe Basketball Standings/Upcoming Games Men Women This Week:

GLVC Overall GLVC Overall Thursday:, January: 28 Kent. Wesi. 11-1 18-1 N. Kentucky 10-2 14-2

S. Indiana 9-3 13-3 SlUE 9-3 11-4 Riverwomen vs. IUPU-Ft. Wayne at

N. Kentucky 9-3 12-4 Bellarmine 9-3 11-5 5:30pm

Lewis 7-4 10-5 S. Indiana 9-3 11-8 Rivermen vs . IUPU·Ft. Wayne at Indianapolis 7-4 . 9-6 St. Joseph's 7·4 10-5

SlUE 6·6 7·8 Lewis 7-4 10-5 7:30pm

Quincy 5-6 6-8 UM-St. Louis 7·5 S-8 Saturday:, January: 30 Bellarmine 5-7 8-10 Kent. Wesl. 6-6 10-6 St. Joseph's 4-7 5-10 Indianapolis 2-9 6-10

Riverwomen vs. St. Joseph's at

IUPU-Ft. Wayne 4-8 7-9 Quincy 2-9 3-12 5:30pm

UM-St. Louis 3-9 5-11 Wis-Parkside 1·11 2-14 Rivermen vs. St. Joseph's at 7:30pm Wis.-Parkside 0-12 0-9 IUPU-Ft. Wayne 1-11 1-15

As of 1/23/99 All games played at Mark Twain Gym

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Movie Review

'Red Line' differs sharply from 'Ryan ' The Thin Red Line Rat ed R Runn ing time 160 minutes Now Playing

James Jones' bouk The Thin Red Line tells of the experiences of a group o f American sold iers during the bat tl e of the Guadalcanal during \Vorld W ar II. This best selling book was previously made intO a film, but the present version has litde in common with that adaptation, outside of the basic Story line .

Director T ertence Malick (whose previous films inc lude the beaut iful clas­sic film Days of Hetl-;;en) retains his ability to produce beautiful , lush, natural images in his storv, and this fi lm tells a Story about a horrible war being car­ried out in what ';t.·ould Othenvise be a beau tiful Pacific is land setting.

The story is to ld throu gh an ensemble cast rather than one main charac­

t r, passing th rough each man's Concerns and thoughts as they face combat. Beautiful shots o f both the natural beauty of the land and [he oracefulli\'es of the Pacific Islanders , whose world they are p:Jssing through, reoccur through­o ut the act ion of the battle and also in one soldier's thoughts o f the islanders'

peaceful , natural existence, and serve to tie together the various stories. The film periodically employs an intriguing technique o f using a \'o i e-

ZARUCCHI, FROM PAGE 1

oyer fo r the character's though ts, interspersed "l¥lth their conversation, :md this effect produces a counterpoint of their mOtives against their action . A number of notable scars appear in this film (including Nick N olte and Se:ln Penn). even in small roles. any stars were eager to have the opportunity to work "ith the talem d Malick. Overall, the acting is wonderful throughout.

Like 5a'~' lng PI1'i.·a te Ryan this film deals \\i th the ugliness of war, and the bad and good th:u ,\'ar unexpectedly brings Out of individuals. but in tOne, intent, aI1d appearal1ce, this is a very di fferen t kind of film. This film is col­lecting a gre:n deal of cririd ac claim, and while I enjoyed it my 'If, for maI1Y mo\'iegoers it will pr sent some problen;s. The film is three hours long, 'With a languid pace and long-running shotS, wi th certain images re\isited fre­

quentl: ... The story ~ppears to reach an :lpparent Stopping point but then con­tinues . \Vhile this gives the film realism, since re:J life is nOt comained in ne:!t little confl icts followed by resolutio ns, this departure from dramatic conven­tion might gi1.'e some .audiences the feeling of restarting a new "ury.

The Thin Red Line is a much more anistically serious film than the popu­

la r Saving Private RytUI in the hest sense of both those terms, but it "ill nOt appe:J to everyone. Other' mav find its unique visual s tyle and srorytelling approach well worth seeing.

-Catherine Marquis-Homeyer

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January 25, 1998

SGA, FROM PAGE 1

two-thirds majority vote. "\\!hat this is basically saying is that u'e want to approach the student

(services and ac tivities] fees fiscally responsibly, " Ash said. "We d on't wam to see <lI1yone not increase them, yet we don't want them increased

30 or 40 cems at a time Vvithout [student] input." Ash said that because of the gro\\ing number of student organiza­

tions, the fees should be raised slighd;, e\'en' v( :~r. "This is just there to m ake sure ,;"" keep up '\\.ith the rate of inflation

and don' t go into a hole, " he said. "This SJ)'S that, at the yery least, there "ill be an int1at ionan' increase recommendation 0 11 the table every year."

Ash \\-.1S quick to point OUt thJt only th e president is restricted by this resolution. If students want to recommend a verr la rge fee increase, SGA can vo te to do so with a two-th irds majority.

"Don'r make a mistake," Ash urged. "\Vhat it says is that if the presi­

dent had SO new organization and we were desperJ. teh- low on funding, at that point }'<JU would have to have 66 percent of ,he assembly agree on it, instead of the normal 50."

The resolution was also intended to send a m S age to the adminis­tration, Ash said.

"\'i/ e want to increase [the fees J gradu:dl . to shou' them that we are

nOt th e type of organization tillt '\\'dntS xponential [fee] increases any­more," he said. ''\Y/e thought the best W3}' we could tell the administra­tion was by showin g them."

Ash said the SGA would r e Qmmend a 'two -cent increase in student acti\iry fees and a three-cent in crease in student senlce fees .forrhis year.

Corrections

give a report since he believed that the fac ­

u lty members did nOt listen to student input. He said he was sometimes "cut off"

in th e middle of sentences. Avery said that h e had sometimes des ­

ignated p eople to attend functions to rep­re~em SGA but that often those people

J id not show up.

comptroller Ben Ash to a([end such

meetmgs. "My main objective is to worry about

students and student g n~ rnment," Avery

said.

Zarucchi said that he had p revious ly asked Avery to co me to senate meetiq:;s

Or send a representati\'c. h also said that elec ted student enatOrs sh ould take their

respons ibilities more seriously.

"Fac.ulty who serve on the senate are

expected to be there for every meeting," Zaru cchi s;ild . "So are students and if Stu ­

dents find tha t they are not able to att el1d

during the hour uf the ~en ate meeting then they [should] resign th eir seat in

fa\'or of someon e else who is willing to

Zarucchi said she did nOt know how

many students miss senate meeti ngs

because attendance is nOt taken . She als o

sa id that although there was no specific

pr-:: posal to reduce the number of student 5(:. tS, future changes to the bylaws might

In Issue 9 42, inc orrect inform ation was

provided about tic ket prices a nd a loca­tion for the Homecoming Dance .

The dance w i.ll be held at America's Center Feb . 19. Tickets w ill c ost $10 for

one, $17.50 for a coup le, o r $75 for a tab le of ten.

Avery said h e has now designated SGA

K ING, FROM PAGE 1

song "Precious Glory," One of Kin g's favorite on gs . He was fo ll owed by Erica Ball, a junior at UM-St.

Louis, whose harp so lo drew a raucous s tanding ova­ti on .

C han ellor Blanche Touhill then spoke abou t

Ki n",'s devOtion to the si lent majority and the impact of h is famous "I Have a Dream" speech.

"W hat I perh aps will remember most abo ut the

teachings of Dr. King is no t his rousing com men­

t,lrie" agai nst the promoters o f rac ial discrimin atio n and hatred, but his eloquent prodding of th e silent

ma j rity. In the end Dr. King said, ''Vile will not re me mber the words of our enemies but the ilence

o f Ollr friends,'" T ouhill said. T he UM- t. Louis Chamber C h orus follo wed

Touhilt. T hey were led by Professo r Robert Ra ' an d

wt:! re acc mpan ied by White ou the piano. Then a SC",rnC nt of "\'{ ar an d Peace, 1940-1950" was shown.

The segment was a collaborative effort between

KETC and the Missouri HistOrical Society. T he piece

focused on th e chan gi ng racial climate, along with the changes to St. Louis society afte r World 'ViIar II

ended.

"[\,\/ar and Peace] sugges ted that when people got

ti red of being sick and tired, th ey did something

about it. AI1d then it suggested that when p eople

work tOgether, change is inevitable," DeLoach­

Packnett said.

Coch ran followed "War and Peace" with his

speech and was followed by Dr. Rudolph King. King

DEAN, FROM PAGE 1

Bennett

years before return ing to Indiana

. University as their dean of Optome­

try. He was dean there for 11 years

before havin g to abdicate his dean­

ship and was still there when

approach ed to consider coming to

UM-St. Louis.

"1 was dean emeritus. [This ti tle 1 has some significant meaning in a

univers ity setting," Bennet t said. "1

was still an active, tenured full pro­

fessor."

ser : .:.

represen ted the oovernment of the people of th e Bahamas and is King 's co usin.

He urged th audience to keep his cousi n' s dreams and vision alive thro u h the ir own anions .

D av id An h o ny J oh ns on th en clptivatcd the

crowd with :l sp ine tin gling orat ion of King's "I Have

a Dream" sp echo Jo hn o n, a p ro fess ional vocalist , ga e an orato rical presentation that caught the emo­tio n of King's speech.

J ohn o n wa trea ted to a stan ding ovation that last ed several minute afte r fini h ing "I Haye a

D ream. " T he U . [-$[. Lou is Com muni ty C horu s w o'k the

stage :lgain, and s~ i ze d th e emOtional spark planted in the audience by John. on . T he cho rus san g "He N ever fail d Ie Yet, " a song written b)' Ray that fea­

tu red a solo from his wife Svlvia Ray_ By the middle o f the ong the audie nce was on its feet, cheering and

clappin g along.

Shi rley LaF lo re, a well-kn own international p oet,

and D wayne Bos man, from th e Bosman Brothers,

followed the C o mmunity C horus . They finished the

celebration by p erforming tWO works o f LaFlo re 's , "Beyond the Rapture" and "Dream Eaters."

The audience' anemion was glued to LaFlore and

Bosman, especially during the reading of "Beyond

the Rapture, " when Bosman accomp anied the reading

with a vers ion of "Am.lzing Grace" on an alto flute.

To t.;p the ceremony off, the audience fini sh ed by

joinin g h ands and sin gi n g "We Shall Overco me."

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occur. "It's always an issue of who's there and

who's not th ere," she~s:.:a~id~.~ _____ ......:====================:;;;;;:==: SENATE, FRavl PACE 1

"We are not allowed to rede­

fine faculey," Long said, "The

curratOrs defi ne faculty ."

The Senate vote 'o n this is sue is only a first step in a p r oce s.

J eann e Zarucchi s enate chair,

said the procedure to change the b 'laws is more com plicated

than th at.

"When a b law chan ge is

propose d there is a multistep l

p ro cess . It ha t o go to the gen­

eral faculty in a ballot referen­

dum. If in fact the facul ty

m embers pass it it has to go to

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U Center resolution tabled in SGA; Movie Review

Thumbs up for Travolt a in tragic 'Civil Action' president vows to keep old cent er

BY JOSH RENAUD

news assistant

I t'S back [Q the drawing board for Jim Avery, president of the Student Government Association. Because his resolu­tion failed t.O pass at last Thursday's SGA meeting, Avery must now plan a new strategy for keeping the current University Center under "student control."

The resolution claimed that the administration wishes [Q take control of the current University Center, when the new University Center is built. The Center is scheduled for completion next year. If it had passed, the resolu­tion would have expressed the SGA's desire to continue the use of the present University Center for sruden ts .

Center and a University Center," he said. "Rolla has two university centers, so we wouldn't be set­ting a precedent. I've thought of a hundred things we could do with this place."

Most of his ideas would require money to pay for build­ing renovations, Avery acknowl­edged. Whi le it might be difficult, Avery said he believes that it would be possible to raise the necessary funds.

"It would be an expensive thing," Avery sa id. ''I'd have to sit down with someone who knows numbers and see the oper­ating budget, but I think it's very realistic. Rolla .and Mizzou do it, so there's at least twO other schools in the Missouri system L"",{,·,',"{@·'t1'"

that [have been] able to do it." Between now and the next

SGA meeting, Avery said he will assemble a committee and work with them to develop a plan.

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"The problem I saw is that students paid for this building, so it should continue to be used by the students," he said. "The administration shou ldn't come over here and make it its new office."

Most of the rep resentatives at the meeting seemed to agree with this idea but felt the resolution would not be convincing to the administration. Several students said the resolution should include specific details and exam­ples of students uses for the building, rather than a vague statement.

"Basically, I wam to ge t things rolling," Avery said. "We will do all we can do, and hopefully the next president will take charge and continue to press for student control of the building until it

Stephanie PlattjThe Current Progress continues on the new University Center as controversy swirls around the future use of the present Center. SGA President Jim Avery has said he wishes to keep the Center for student use.

The assembly decided to table the resolution until the next SGA meeting and develop ideas during the time in between.

"I'm glad we got so much dia­logue," Avery said abou t the meeting. "It's nice to hear other p aple's input and that was the purpose of the meeting. Now I am going to go back and rewrite [the resolution] to be a lit tle bit more specific. We' re going to put together a committee, a.nd we have a plan. "

Avery mentioned several pos­sible new uses for the present U niversity Cen ter, including using it to house a new computer lab; II fitness cent r, a. qu ie t study lounge and additional space for student organizations, or even onverting it into a firs t-class

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